How you
COMMUNICATE defines who you are.
KEYNOTE PROGRAMS
Every audience and team deserves a speaker who invests in them fully.
Sharon helps organizations build their Connection Economy, the relational capital that drives engagement, loyalty, and lasting performance one stage, one story, and one room at a time.
CSP®
Certified Speaking Professional
500+
Events delivered
Emmy
Award-winning broadcaster
SIGNATURE KEYNOTE: The Connection Economy
Why relationships are your greatest competitive advantage & story is how you build them
Most organizations are spending their relational capital without knowing it through transactional leadership, forgettable communication, and cultures where people feel like resources rather than humans. The Connection Economy teaches leaders how to invest instead. Through story, through presence, and through three principles that compound over time, Sharon gives every audience a framework they'll carry forward for years and a story they'll never forget.
“We are more connected than ever, yet more disconnected than ever. That gap is costing you.”
Audience Takeaways:
Shift from transactional to relational leadership
Use storytelling as a strategic leadership tool
Build influence that compounds over time
45–60 min · 20–30 min version available Corporate leaders · sales teams · HR & associations
Have a Voice, Not Merely a Seat at the Table:
Powerful Strategies to Invest in Your Influence
(Ideal for women’s conferences & retreats)
Alternate Title: The Power of Connection: Communication Presence Unleashed
In the Connection Economy, silence is the most expensive thing a woman leader can offer. In group settings, men are 75% more likely to speak up and when a woman does, she's statistically more likely to be interrupted or credited to someone else. Sharon gives women leaders the tools, language, and strategy to claim their voice, build allies, and ensure their stories and their ideas are heard, credited, and acted on.
"The most important investment a woman can make in her career is the courage to tell her own story fully and without apology."
Audience takeaways
Proven ally-building strategies drawn from global leaders
Message development tactics that strengthen authority and presence
How to use story to build influence across rooms or organizations
45–60 min · Women’s events · ERG events · Leadership Retreats
Elevate Your Executive Presence & Personal Brand
The leadership skills that separates good from extraordinary
Executive presence is the second most important factor determining career trajectory, and the most underdeveloped. Sharon teaches the three core elements that help leaders command a room, earn deeper trust, and project the kind of confidence that moves organizations forward. In the Connection Economy, how you show up is as important as what you know.
"Presence is the first investment. Before you can connect with anyone, they have to feel you in the room."
Audience takeaways
The three elements of executive presence and how to activate them immediately
How to align interpersonal style with leadership impact using Sharon’s framework, the Executive Presence Dashboard
Practical tools to project confidence in any setting, in person or on screen
45–60 min · Leadership teams · Executive retreats · High-potential programs
Transforming Lives as Healers and Leaders:
Reigniting purpose through the stories that brought you here
(Ideal for healthcare conferences, meetings, CEUs)
The healthcare Connection Economy runs on something more powerful than any other industry's, it runs on calling. When clinicians and leaders reconnect to why they chose this work, and to the stories of the patients who changed them, culture heals from the inside out. As a fierce patient advocate and someone who has been on both sides of the bed, Sharon delivers a keynote that re-recruits your people to their purpose. Available for CEU credit.
"Healthcare runs on the most powerful currency in the Connection Economy: human compassion. Sharon helps teams remember that and act from it."
Audience takeaways
Framework to rebuild purpose using the Community Resilience Model
10 actionable skills to strengthen team connection and culture immediately
Renewed connection to the "why" behind the work through story
45–60 min · CEU Eligible Healthcare conferences · Nursing leadership · Hospital systems
Turn Your Battle Scars into Badges of Honor ™️:
Activating resilience through the stories we tell about what we’ve survived
Alternate Title - Build Your Resilience in Times of Constant Challenge: A Playbook for Today's Times
In the Connection Economy, the stories that build the deepest bonds aren't the success stories. They're the survival stories. Drawing on her own experience as a caregiver, bereaved parent, and cancer patient, and co-author of Keep Going: Memoirs of Strength, Courage & Perseverance, Sharon delivers a keynote that is equal parts raw and actionable. Audiences don't just feel inspired. They leave with a framework for turning adversity into connection capital.
“Your hardest story is your most valuable investment. When you share it with courage, you give others permission to do the same."
Audience takeaways
The Community Resilience Model and how to apply it to your team immediately
How to use grit and gratitude as active leadership strategies
How to transform personal hardship into relational trust and organizational culture
45–60 min · CEU Eligible Annual conferences · Culture events · Healthcare summits
Prepare Yourself for the Media Hot Seat
An insider’s playbook for investing in your public story
In the Connection Economy, your public story is one of your most valuable assets and one that many leaders are leaving unmanaged. Every leader is a media persona whether they're ready or not. Sharon brings two decades of broadcast journalism directly to your audience, giving leaders the tools to take control of their narrative, handle pressure with grace, and ensure that how they show up in public matches who they actually are.
"Your public story is the biggest investment in your Connection Economy that many leaders don’t make. This is how you make it."
Audience takeaways
The Interviewee's Bill of Rights and how to use it in any media moment
How to create compelling, on-message responses under pressure
On-camera presence, wardrobe, and preparation strategies
45–60 min · Keynote & workshops Corporate leaders · PR teams · Executive teams
Tell a Better Story to Disrupt Distraction and Drive Brand Loyalty
The strategic power of narrative in the Connection Economy
In a world flooded with content, attention is the ultimate currency. And the brands that win are the ones that tell the best stories. The Connection Economy runs on narrative. Leaders and marketers who understand how to harness story to drive real business outcomes hold the most powerful competitive advantage of all. Drawing on her Emmy Award-winning journalism career and her experience building stories for Target, Samsung, H&R Block, and Chase Bank, Sharon shares a proven framework for creating brand narratives that connect emotionally and convert measurably.
“Data informs. Logic convinces. Story compels. The Connection Economy is built on the third one."
Audience takeaways
Why stories outperform statistics in capturing attention and influencing decisions
A proven framework for brand narratives that connect emotionally and convert
How to align storytelling with performance metrics to demonstrate marketing impact
45–60 min · Keynote Marketing teams · CMOs · Digital agencies
Leveraging Levity in Leadership
Tools for retention, team connection, and a workplace worth showing up for
You can't build a Connection Economy on stress alone. Research shows that when leaders use levity intentionally, they engage their teams, deepen relationships, and rekindle the sense of belonging that retains top talent. In the Connection Economy, humor isn't a personality trait, it's a leadership investment. Sharon shows leaders why and how to leverage levity to change the dynamic of their workplace and build trusted relationships at the same time.
"The most underused investment in the Connection Economy is joy. Levity isn't a distraction from the work, it's how you keep people in it."
Audience takeaways
How levity builds morale and deepens relational investment among teams
Actionable ways to reduce stress using proven levity techniques including the Story Bank
Ways to make every member of your team feel like they belong in your organization
45–60 min · Keynote Leadership teams · Association events · Culture summits
Get LinkedIn or Left Out
Build your professional brand and invest in your Connection Economy at scale
With more than a billion users worldwide, LinkedIn is the most powerful Connection Economy platform in the professional world, yet most people are barely scratching the surface of what it can do. In the Connection Economy, your LinkedIn presence is a public declaration of the value you bring and the relationships you're willing to invest in. In this info-packed program, Sharon shows professionals how to supercharge their LinkedIn presence, build their thought leadership, and connect with the people who matter most to their career and their organization.
“LinkedIn isn't a job board. It's the public face of your Connection Economy investment portfolio. Are you showing your best return?"
Audience takeaways
The 12 steps to becoming a LinkedIn All-Star
How to use LinkedIn to elevate your professional brand and thought leadership in the Connection Economy
How to leverage the full toolkit to create a polished, purposeful profile that opens doors
45–60 min · Keynote & workshops Sales teams · Thought leaders · Marketing teams
Communicate with Confidence & Impact
The power skill every professional needs right now
Story is the currency of the Connection Economy and how you tell it determines whether people listen, trust, and act. In an age where the spoken word is rapidly being replaced by digital shorthand, communicating effectively with presence and clarity is one of the most powerful competitive advantages any professional can build. Drawing on her Emmy Award-winning journalism career, Sharon teaches the communication skills that transform how professionals present, persuade, and connect, from the boardroom to the conference stage.
“You can't invest in the Connection Economy if people can't hear you. This is how you make sure they do."
Audience takeaways
Ways to create powerful messaging, from elevator pitch to keynote address
How body language and vocal delivery shape how people experience and trust you
Steps to continue practicing and compounding the techniques learned
45–60 min · Keynote & workshops All professionals at every stage of their careers
Emcee & Panel Moderator
With decades of live broadcast experience and hundreds of events behind her, Sharon doesn't just keep things moving, she invests in the entire room. She sets the tone, holds the energy, and creates the through-line that makes an event feel like one cohesive story worth remembering. As a moderator, she prepares deeply, asks the questions audiences actually want answered, and creates on-stage chemistry that makes panels feel like conversations worth having.
Annual galas & award ceremonies
Multi-day conferences
Panel moderation
Virtual & hybrid events
Corporate town halls
Fundraising events
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